[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 168 (Thursday, August 29, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53485-53486]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-21090]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards; Notice of Meeting

    In accordance with the purposes of Sections 29 and 182b of the 
Atomic Energy Act (42 U.S.C. 2039, 2232b), the Advisory Committee on 
Reactor Safeguards (ACRS) will hold a meeting on September 5-7, 2013, 
11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland.

Thursday, September 5, 2013, Conference Room T2-B1, 11545 Rockville 
Pike, Rockville, Maryland

8:30 a.m.-8:35 a.m.: Opening Remarks by the ACRS Chairman (Open)--The 
ACRS Chairman will make opening remarks regarding the conduct of the 
meeting.
8:35 a.m.--10:30 a.m.: Monticello Extended Power Uprate Application 
(Open/Closed)--The Committee will hear presentations by and hold 
discussions with representatives of the NRC staff and Northern States 
Power Company regarding the Monticello extended power uprate 
application and the NRC staff's associated safety evaluation.
    [Note: A portion of this session may be closed in order to discuss 
and protect information designated as proprietary, pursuant to 5 U.S.C 
552b(c)(4)]
10:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m.: NRC Staff's Proposed Response to the Staff 
Requirements Memorandum on SECY-12-0081, ``Risk-Informed Regulatory 
Framework for New Reactors'' (Open)--The Committee will hear 
presentations by and hold discussions with representatives of the NRC 
staff regarding Reactor Oversight Process (ROP) risk metrics and the 
proposed response to the Commission's Staff Requirements Memorandum on 
SECY-12-0081.
1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m.: Draft Final Regulatory Guides 1.79 and 1.79.1 
(Open)--The Committee will hear presentations by and hold discussions 
with representatives of the NRC staff regarding draft final revision 2 
to Regulatory Guide 1.79, ``Preoperational Testing of Emergency Core 
Cooling Systems for Pressurized Water Reactors,'' and draft final 
revisions to Regulatory Guide 1.79.1, ``Initial Test Program of 
Emergency Core Cooling Systems for Boiling Water Reactors.''
3:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m.: Preparation of ACRS Reports (Open/Closed)--The 
Committee will discuss proposed ACRS reports on matters discussed 
during this meeting.
    [Note: A portion of this session may be closed in order to discuss 
and protect information designated as proprietary, pursuant to 5 U.S.C 
552b(c)(4)]

Friday, September 6, 2013, Conference Room T2-B1, 11545 Rockville Pike, 
Rockville, Maryland

8:30 a.m.-8:35 a.m.: Opening Remarks by the ACRS Chairman (Open)--The 
ACRS Chairman will make opening remarks regarding the conduct of the 
meeting.
8:35 a.m.-10:30 a.m.: Cyber Security Activities (Open/Closed)--The 
Committee will hear presentations by and hold discussions with 
representatives of the NRC staff regarding the NRC's cyber security 
activities.
    [Note: A portion of this meeting may be closed pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
552b(c)(3) to protect unclassified safeguards information]
10:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m.: Future ACRS Activities/Report of the Planning 
and Procedures Subcommittee (Open/Closed)--The Committee will discuss 
the recommendations of the Planning and Procedures Subcommittee 
regarding items proposed for consideration by the Full Committee during 
future ACRS Meetings, and matters related to the conduct of ACRS 
business, including anticipated workload and member assignments.
    [Note: A portion of this meeting may be closed pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
552b (c) (2) and (6) to discuss organizational and personnel matters 
that relate solely to internal personnel rules and practices of ACRS, 
and information the release of which would constitute a clearly 
unwarranted invasion of personal privacy.]
12:15 p.m.-12:30 p.m.: Reconciliation of ACRS Comments and 
Recommendations (Open)--The Committee will discuss the responses from 
the NRC Executive Director for Operations to comments and 
recommendations included in recent ACRS reports and letters.
1:30 p.m.-2:30 p.m.: Assessment of the Quality of Selected NRC Research 
Projects (Open)--The Committee will hold discussions with members of 
the ACRS panels performing the quality assessment of the following NRC 
research projects:
--NUREG/CR-7026: Application of Model Abstraction Techniques to 
Simulate Transport in Soils
--NUREG-2121: Fuel Fragmentation, Relocation, and Dispersal During the 
Loss-of-Coolant Accident
2:30 p.m.-7:00 p.m.: Preparation of ACRS Reports (Open/Closed)--The 
Committee will continue its discussion of proposed ACRS reports on 
matters discussed during this meeting.
    [Note: A portion of this session may be closed in order to discuss 
and protect information designated as proprietary, pursuant to 5 U.S.C 
552b(c)(4)]

Saturday, September 7, 2013 Conference Room T2-B1, 11545 Rockville 
Pike, Rockville, Maryland

8:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m.: Preparation of ACRS Reports (Open/Closed)--The 
Committee will continue its discussion of proposed ACRS reports.
    [Note: A portion of this session may be closed in order to discuss 
and protect information designated as proprietary, pursuant to 5 U.S.C 
552b(c)(4)]
11:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m.: Miscellaneous (Open)--The Committee will 
continue its discussion of matters related to the conduct of Committee 
activities and specific issues that were not completed during previous 
meetings.
    Procedures for the conduct of and participation in ACRS meetings 
were published in the Federal Register on October 18, 2012, (77 FR 
64146-64147). In accordance with those procedures, oral or written 
views may be presented by members of the public, including 
representatives of the nuclear industry.

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Persons desiring to make oral statements should notify Quynh Nguyen, 
Cognizant ACRS Staff (Telephone: 301-415-5844, Email: 
[email protected]), five days before the meeting, if possible, so 
that appropriate arrangements can be made to allow necessary time 
during the meeting for such statements. In view of the possibility that 
the schedule for ACRS meetings may be adjusted by the Chairman as 
necessary to facilitate the conduct of the meeting, persons planning to 
attend should check with the Cognizant ACRS staff if such rescheduling 
would result in major inconvenience.
    Thirty-five hard copies of each presentation or handout should be 
provided 30 minutes before the meeting. In addition, one electronic 
copy of each presentation should be emailed to the Cognizant ACRS Staff 
one day before meeting. If an electronic copy cannot be provided within 
this timeframe, presenters should provide the Cognizant ACRS Staff with 
a CD containing each presentation at least 30 minutes before the 
meeting.
    In accordance with Subsection 10(d) Public Law 92-463, and 5 U.S.C. 
552b(c), certain portions of this meeting may be closed, as 
specifically noted above. Use of still, motion picture, and television 
cameras during the meeting may be limited to selected portions of the 
meeting as determined by the Chairman. Electronic recordings will be 
permitted only during the open portions of the meeting.
    ACRS meeting agenda, meeting transcripts, and letter reports are 
available through the NRC Public Document Room at [email protected], 
or by calling the PDR at 1-800-397-4209, or from the Publicly Available 
Records System (PARS) component of NRC's document system (ADAMS) which 
is accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html or http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/ACRS/.
    Video teleconferencing service is available for observing open 
sessions of ACRS meetings. Those wishing to use this service should 
contact Mr. Theron Brown, ACRS Audio Visual Technician (301-415-8066), 
between 7:30 a.m. and 3:45 p.m. (ET), at least 10 days before the 
meeting to ensure the availability of this service. Individuals or 
organizations requesting this service will be responsible for telephone 
line charges and for providing the equipment and facilities that they 
use to establish the video teleconferencing link. The availability of 
video teleconferencing services is not guaranteed.

    Dated: August 23, 2013.
 Andrew L. Bates,
Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 2013-21090 Filed 8-28-13; 8:45 am]
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